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A man in Bedouin dress stands with two donkeys in front of a well
Posted inTorah

What Abraham’s wells teach us about modern-day Israel’s struggles

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg October 2, 2024October 1, 2024
Shayna Dollinger, photographed on the campus of American Jewish University and its Ziegler rabbinical school before transferring away to a different rabbinical school. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy)
Posted inReligion

Investigation clears Ziegler rabbinical school deans of ethics code allegations

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev September 27, 2024September 27, 2024
Miles Teller (left) and J.K. Simmons in "Whiplash." (Daniel McFadden/Sony Pictures Classics)
Posted inTorah

Extreme, self-imposed pressure almost always leads to a breaking point

Rabbi George Altshuler by Rabbi George Altshuler September 26, 2024September 26, 2024
If you spell Sukkot backwards in Hebrew, you get "tuchus," or butt in Yiddish. (Amazon)
Posted inHolidays

Amazon is selling Sukkot gift boxes that say ‘tuchus’

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar September 26, 2024September 26, 2024
Kaley Halperin leads Selichot services in Tel Aviv's Hostages Square, Sept. 22, 2024. (Courtesy Rabba Anat Sharbat)
Posted inReligion

From Hostages Square, High Holiday prayers aim to transcend Israel’s fractured politics

by Deborah Danan September 25, 2024September 25, 2024
Two men laugh with a little kid who is holding a shofar
Posted inKids & Family

Where to create sweet memories with your kids this Rosh Hashanah in the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb September 20, 2024September 23, 2024
"The Songs of Joy" by James Tissot, showing Miriam and the other Israelite women singing after crossing the Red Sea
Posted inTorah

It takes immense courage to feel joy amid the darkness since Oct. 7

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon September 19, 2024September 19, 2024
Rabbis in black robes and tallits stand in an ornate synagogue
Posted inWorld

L.A. and Jerusalem rabbis step in as battle rages over who should run German rabbinical schools

by Toby Axelrod September 19, 2024September 19, 2024
volunteers collecting trash on green grass field
Posted inHigh Holidays

How to give back around the Bay Area this High Holiday season

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb September 16, 2024September 16, 2024
LJ Bernstein blows a shofar at an Or Shalom Jewish Community picnic in Marx Meadows in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 27, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inJewish Life

UPDATED: Where to find free and low-cost High Holiday services around the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb September 13, 2024September 30, 2024

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